Tacos El Norte

We arrived just before the dinner rush-- it gets packed! They really rush you out; as we left we saw a lot of people waiting for tables. Half of our dishes came out immediately but was room temperature (rice, meat in the tacos = the simpler dishes) while the fancier dishes came out *much* later and were piping hot (chile relleno). I wish they waited on making the faster dishes until they finished the other ones. With that being said, the food was very delicious. Tongue torta, chile relleno, steak gordita, chimichanga, excellent.

Been going there once a week for two years. Always good service. Always good food. Good prices to boot.

Friendly waitresses but a little slow. To be fair they were busy in the front with pickup orders. Chips and salsa were fairly typical although the salsa had a little kick which was nice. They advertised "queso fundido" as the special. This was quite literally cheese (I suspect something like Velveeta) melted in the microwave. Had no spice/flavor; salsa verde would at least be an attempt at adding flavor. I ordered fajitas and it was brought out on a plate along with the rice, beans, and lettuce (with a dollop of sour cream). Again the fajita meat/veggie mixture was on the plate with everything else, not brought out sizzling on cast iron. It's possible that the cast iron is "Americanized" Mexican food (I really don't know) but I would've liked the fajita mixture to be spiced better to make up for the lack of presentation. It was bland. Not bad, just bland. The beans and rice were very good. Again the wait staff was very friendly, a little slow, and the food was mediocre and on the bland